Fifteen groups asked the FCC not to act on Auction 83...
Fifteen groups asked the FCC not to act on Auction 83 rules while advocates for low-power FM stations and operators of translators on the band work together on a new compromise after commission staffers raised concerns about an earlier plan…
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(CD July 27 p5). “The parties are working together diligently to create a second iteration of the plan which will address as many of the staff’s concerns as possible,” said Prometheus Radio Project, which had signed on to the plan, along with groups that hadn’t. The commission shouldn’t act on rules limiting the number of applications it can grant from those for the auction, a 2003 window for translators, until this Congress ends, the Local Community Radio Act passes or those involved in the earlier deal strike a new one dealing with the FCC’s qualms, said a filing posted Monday to docket 99-25. It was signed by the National Hispanic Media Coalition, the Future of Music Coalition, the New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, Free Press and the Media Access Project. Educational Media Foundation, an owner of FM translators that agreed to the deal, didn’t sign the filing.